Delta will equip 11,000 pilots with Microsoft Surface 2 tablets

Delta Air Lines has announced that they will be equipping 11,000 pilots flying Boeing 757 and 767 fleets with Microsoft Surface 2 tablets. The Windows RT 8.1 tablets will serve as electronic flight bags containing the essential electronic documents, charts, and other reference materials needed by the aviators.

The partnership is expected to significantly reduce carbon emissions of their flights. With the use of the tablets, it will get rid of 7.5 million sheets of paper used annually and cut down emissions by 1.2 million fewer gallons of fuel. This arrives at the heels of a previous partnership between Delta and Nokia to supply their flight crew with Nokia Lumia 820 smartphones. 

Windows Phone hits double digit market share in some European countries

It might be seen as a slow ascend but Microsoft’s Windows Phone seems to have hit the double digit mark when it comes to market share in a couple of European countries—specifically, France where it has reached 10.8 percent and Great Britain where it has reached 12 percent. According to a report from Kantar, Windows Phone has hit a cumulative 9.2 percent in the other three of the “big five European markets” (namely, Germany, Italy, and Spain).

But this still puts Windows Phone as a distant third behind Android (70.1 percent) and iOS (16.1 percent). However, you can see BlackBerry falling further and hitting the 2.4 percent market share in those same markets just a smidgen ahead of “Other” mobile operating systems.

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Dropbox adds screenshots and iPhoto library import features

The latest update from Dropbox now lets you upload the screenshots you take from your Mac or PC straight to your Dropbox account for backup and instant sharing. It works like the automatic camera upload feature for your mobile devices and provides you with an instant copy of the link so you can share the screen capture immediately. The feature can also be turned on and off at your discretion.

This Dropbox update also makes it easier for OS X users to add their iPhoto library to the cloud with just one click.

Google revamps Drive apps

Google has updated the designs of Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drawings, Forms, and Apps Script to make them “cleaner and more colorful.”

Some of the changes include the placement of product icons and the header redesign. Each editor product icon is now seen on the header and clicking on that will bring you back to files in your Google Drive. The header has also been streamlined to give you access to the things you need to focus on.